Mullet (Thick-lipped) Fishing in Bristol

Bread flake under a float or freelined along harbour walls and lock gates. Summer–autumn, calm bright days. Feed little-and-often. Best on the flood into the Basin.

Bread flake under a float along the wall; pre-bait with mash. Best in summer on neap tides, slack to first of flood around the steps.

Bread flake under a float along the walls and sluices. Best on a flooding tide in summer-autumn; keep quiet, use light line and small hooks.

Bread flake under a float or freelined; breadcrumb chum. Best in calm, clear water in the Floating Harbour; summer-autumn, midday to dusk around moored boats and lock gates.

Bread flake under a waggler tight to the wall; prebait with mashed bread. Neap tides and clear water help. Use a drop-net for landing.

Freeline bread flake or light float along the walls; prebait with bread mash. Best on neap tides in clearer water at dawn/dusk. Keep quiet and use long, light leaders.

Bread flake under a float or freelined along the quay walls; groundbait with bread mash. Best May–Oct, neap tides, at slack or first of the flood. Stealth matters.

Bread flake under a waggler; groundbait with mashed bread. Work eddies by the walls/basin at first light on neap tides; spring to autumn.

Warm months; bread flake or mash feeder tight to the wall on neaps. Trot baits through slack pockets; fine gear and stealth at first light.

Bread flake under a float over bread mash; target slack water/eddies by bridge pilings in warm months. Fine gear and quiet approach.

Float-fish bread flake/crust along walls and eddies on evening floods in summer. Pre-bait with bread mash; size 8–10 hooks, light line.

Bread flake or crust under a waggler near outfalls and walls; trickle in crumb. Calm neaps, midday sun helps; Jun-Sep.

Bread flake under a float with light groundbait; fish eddies and slack pockets by the wall/steps. Best on neaps in clear, warm months. Keep low and quiet.

Bread flake or mashed-bread feeder in slack eddies. Quiet approach, light gear. Best calm summer evenings around high water.

Bread flake under a clear float or freelined; chum mashed bread. Calm, clear water on neaps, top of flood around walls.

Late spring-autumn. Bread flake under float or freelined; prebait with bread mash. Clearer neaps and quiet water along walls/moorings. Light line, small hooks.

Warm months on neaps; bread flake under a float along walls/eddies. Travel light and sight-fish near top of tide.

Bread flake under a light float; feed mashed bread and fish slack water near the bridge. Late spring to early autumn, clearer neap tides.

Clear, calm summer days. Bread flake or crust under a float; trickle in mashed bread. Target slacks by the walls/eddies rather than the main run.

Warm months on neaps. Bread flake or small fish strips under a float in slack eddies and near outfalls. Stealth and light gear help.

Summer neaps; bread flake under a small float in slack water by structure. Early morning is best.